A young girl faces an uncertain future after she was diagnosed with an extremely rare and debilitating medical condition ...

Newborns in Minnesota can now be screened for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD ... expectancy for men with DMD is around 20 years of age. The Department of Health says as many as nine newborns ...

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A new discovery about how tiny protein clusters form in cells could pave the way for treatments for Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD), a rare genetic disorder that causes muscle weakness ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy causes progressive muscle degeneration ... find their mobility declines significantly at an early age. Despite how DMD can negatively impact your function, exercise ...

The median (IQ) age was 67 (60-72) years, and 73% of participants were male. Over a median (IQR) follow-up period of 48 (34-58) months, the primary end point occurred in 35% of participants in ...

When you’re a caregiver for someone with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), looking after your own emotional and physical well-being can help you stay resilient and manage stress. DMD, which primarily ...

The flow chart of this study was shown in Supplementary Figure S1. The inclusion criteria were: (a) Participants older ≥60 years of age. (b) Enrolled subjects underwent the specified tests and ...

A nurse from Bergen County pleaded guilty in the death of Matthew Rossi, a 19-year old with muscular dystrophy and autism. Rossi was pronounced dead on Feb. 10, 2023, after his ride home from school.

Dee Dee convinced people – including Gypsy herself – that her daughter was terminally ill and suffering from leukemia, muscular dystrophy and asthma. She also claimed that Gypsy was born ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common and severe form of muscular ... The condition usually only affects boys, with patients unable to walk by the age of 12 and usually only surviving ...

The classification of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) subtypes, the influence of SMN2 gene copies on disease severity, treatment effects on disease progression, age-related differences, long-term ...